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The charismatic founder of BitMEX has revealed his vision for the market. Spoiler: he moves liquid fiat money from treasury bills to cash and intends to invest it all in high-risk assets (bitcoin and other crypto, of course). Key takeaways from Arthur Hayes' post: 📌 S&P500 is up 40% in 3 months; 📌 Fed balance sheet will drop $100 billion every month; 📌 The market will get an extra $500 billion out of the Treasury General Account (TGA), which will accelerate inflation; 📌 When the money runs out (sometime in July), Congress will vote to increase the debt ceiling; 📌 The market will end up flooded with unbacked debt liabilities; 📌 The world's banks will be forced to resort to printing more money (this process has already begun). "The party has begun!", Arthur concludes.

According to the March 2023 reserve report , a total of 8.7 billion USDC is being held in six banks. However, three of these banks – Silvergate, Signature, and Silicon Valley Bank – are currently experiencing liquidity and solvency issues. The situation is especially dire for Silicon Valley Bank, which held 3.3 billion USDC and has been forced to close by the California Department of Financial Protection and Innovation. The USDC price has dropped by 15%, to $0.86, in response to these developments. Additionally, the DAI stablecoin has fallen by 10%, as up to 50% of its collateral is held in USDC. Currently, US Treasury bills account for 77% of the USDC reserves. The remaining 23% is held in cash at various banking institutions. The fate of these funds will depend on the outcome of the bankruptcy process for the affected banks and the amount of funds that can be recovered.

Yes, they tighten the requirements and the nuts again. As of right now, European banks are required to view cryptocurrencies as the riskiest asset class. Today, the relevant EU parliamentary committee approved such an initiative. As a result, banks will actually need to hold EUR 1 in equity for every EUR they hold in cryptocurrencies. The MEPs explained that similar capital requirements will help prevent the crypto world's insecurity from spreading to the financial system. However, it was offensive. Which of the worlds is more unstable needs to be determined, though. But our arbiter is time. It will reveal everything.